Episode 524: Devorah Stucki, Queer BYU Student

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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My friend Devorah Stucki (graduates May 2022 in Bioinformatics at the age of 19) joins us to share her story. Devorah focus on two main parts of her story. The first part is becoming aware she is lesbian by the end of High School and the second part is her experience at BYU. Devorah talks honestly about the challenges of being queer at a BYU student. As we hear difficult experiences, it is a chance for us how we can improve things for queer Latter-day Saints in our circle of influence. Devorah also talks about her decision to come out publicly and her advice to queer student consider or at BYU. Thank you, Devorah for being on the podcast and your courage to share your story. You’ve accomplished much in your short life and have a great life ahead of you. Richard 'Papa' Ostler ❤️ https://listenlearnandlove.org/gay-lesbian-same-sex-podcasts Podcast Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-524-devorah-stucki-queer-byu-student/id1347971725?i=1000560196752 ** Please Check Out My LGBTQ Book At: ** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773 ** Want to develop church-supported LGBTQ activities in your local area? Please join our FB group below ** https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433556613672143

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.5	Some of these episodes, most of these episodes are LGBTQ queer people sharing their story,
0:15.1	and that will be the focus of this episode.
0:18.7	And my guest today is a BYU student who's close to graduation.
0:23.4	DeVora Stuckey, welcome to the podcast, DeVora.
0:26.0	Thank you for having me.
0:28.1	DeVore is going to share her story.
0:30.1	She is 19 years old and graduating from BYU.
0:34.1	And if that doesn't jolt you a little bit, that's pretty unusual. She started taking BYU
0:40.4	class as well at high school. You're the youngest person I've ever met that's graduating
0:45.2	at BYU at 19. Is that really unusual or is that happened before? I think it's pretty unusual.
0:50.4	I'm the youngest of my graduating class this year. You are the youngest in your graduating
0:54.4	class. Yes, sir. Tell our listeners what you're graduating in. I'm graduating in bioinformatics,
1:01.1	which is data analysis that has to do with biology. And before we get in your story as a queer
1:09.4	Latter-day Saint, tell us just a little bit about,
1:13.0	take us back to high school, and this may be helpful for others that are wondering if they
1:17.2	can accelerate their college experience before high school is over.
1:20.3	Talk about, you grew up in Utah County, just take us back to high school.
1:24.7	When this whole idea came into your mind, and maybe it was junior high to get college classes so you could graduate early.
1:32.8	Yeah, of course.
1:33.7	So in high school, I was a chronic overachiever.
1:38.2	So basically what happened is I got to my junior year and I really only had three classes left that I needed to take.
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